Julia-Child-award-winner, cookbook author Aglaia Kremezi and her friends introduce visitors to the Mediterranean way of eating and living on the Greek island of Kea. Hands-on cooking classes, wine tasting, harvesting vegetables and wild herbs, hiking and boat trips are part of the weekly program. "[Aglaia's recipes] will make Greek converts of food lovers who've never given Greece a second thought," wrote Corby Kummer in "The Atlantic Monthly."

My family ( 2 children ages 12 and 10 and my wife) spent the best 10 days of our collective lives enjoying the casual hospitality and excellent company of Aglaia and her associates. we are planning our return as soon as we can.